Registered charity · Hexham
Queens Hall Arts
Queens Hall Arts is a registered charity (number 1088975) based in Hexham, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 12 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Addison James KeenTrustee · since 2022
- Carly FosterTrustee · since 2024
- Charles McshaneTrustee · since 2026
- Cheryl Lee DurkinTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Ceri Anne GibsonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Suzanne Fairless-AitkenTrustee · since 2022
- Garry Fairfax LyonsTrustee · since 2021
- Helen GreenTrustee · since 2026
- Jessica Ellen ArmstrongTrustee · since 2022
- Lynn TurnerTrustee · since 2021
- Simon Peter BeckwithTrustee · since 2022
- Susan Lesley Barnes BubicTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Northumberland
- Website
- www.queenshall.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Queen's Hall Arts
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.2m
- 2024£1.1m£1.2m
- 2023£890k£1.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£904k£808k
- 2021£734k£411k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION IN THE ARTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBRIA, TYNE AND WEAR AND DURHAM THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF QUEEN'S HALL ARTS CENTRE, HEXHAM AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Grants received
34 grants · £869,765 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £248,992 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £243,892 (3 grants)
- Youth Music · £142,688
- Community Foundation North East · £114,325 (20 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Addison James Keen since 2022
- Carly Foster since 2024
- Charles Mcshane since 2026
- Cheryl Lee Durkin since 2026
- Dr Ceri Anne Gibson since 2024
- Dr Suzanne Fairless-Aitken since 2022
- Garry Fairfax Lyons since 2021
- Helen Green since 2026
- Jessica Ellen Armstrong since 2022
- Lynn Turner since 2021
- Simon Peter Beckwith since 2022
- Susan Lesley Barnes Bubic since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Addison James Keen since 2022
- Carly Foster since 2024
- Charles Mcshane since 2026
- Cheryl Lee Durkin since 2026
- Dr Ceri Anne Gibson since 2024
- Dr Suzanne Fairless-Aitken since 2022
- Garry Fairfax Lyons since 2021
- Jessica Ellen Armstrong since 2022
- Lynn Turner since 2021
- Susan Lesley Barnes Bubic since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Helen Green since 2026
- Simon Peter Beckwith since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1088975
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 FEBRUARY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 AUGUST 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 20 MAY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 03929839 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01434652477 · katy.taylor@queenshall.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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